Light screening and deflecting hood for headlights



Feb. 6, 1923.

G. GEISENDORFER ET AL.

LIGHT SCREENING AND DEFLECTING Hoon- FoR HEADLIGHTS.

FILED FEBs 28.1921.

Patented Feb. 6, i923.

GEORGE GEISENDORFEE' RREITCLESTER;OFWA7RRENTON, OREGON.

` kngw Y LIGHT SCREENING AND DEFLECTING HOOD FOR HLIGHTS.

Application 'led February 28, 1921. Serial No. 448,t20.

To all whom t 71mg/ concer/m:

Be it known that we, GEORGE GEISEN- noRFER and VARREN C. LESTER, citizens of the United States, and residents of the city of lVarrenton, county of Clatsop, and State of Oregon, have invented a certain new an-d useful lmprovement in Light Screening and Deflecting Hoods for Headlights, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates specifically' to the head lights of automobiles.l The. object of our invention is to provide a hood or blind, for the head lights, respectively, which may he positioned so as to cover more or lessof the upper parts of the lights, and .thus screen those rays which have a tendency to blind the driver of an approaching vehicle.

lt is. futhermore, our object to make the hoods operable from the drivers seat by a simple manipulation, so that the head-lights may be partly or entirely covered as the circumstances may require. l

lt is also our object to provide the interior surface of the hood of our device with a deflecting surface adapted to throw the screened rays downward and in front of the vehicle and hence, in this way, avoid diminishing the volume of light thrown on the road; indeed, having a tendency to increasethe volume of light, thus rendering the driving ofthe vehicle easier, while at the same time avoiding the blinding of the driver of the approaching vehicle. A

It is furthermore our object to make our device of a simple construction, inexpensive to manufacture, and easily applied'to the auto of standard make.

The above specified and other features we attain by the device and combinations illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and hereinafter fully described.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 shows a portion of the springs supporting the ordinary ty'peof auto body, the fender mounted thereon, and the head-light mounted on the fender, and illustrates the application-offour invention to the headlight. and also the means whereby our in-A vention is operated so as to position the hoed part of our invention to screen, more or less, the upper part of the head-light;

. Fig. l? shows a fragment of the steeringpost, and that part ofthe operating means of our invention mounted on such steering- POS;

Fig. 2 shows an exterior view of the housing of the head-light, and, in section, one form of construction of the hood part of our invention, and the means for mounting the same on the head-light housing;

Fig. 3 also shows an exterior view of the housing of one ofthe head-lights, the housing being broken away to disclose the lamp and the glass, the glass being shown in section; this view illustrates how the hood part of our invention may be adjusted to screen, entirely or partially, the upper part of the head-light; this view further illustrates that the Alight rays ofthe lower part of the headlight may be provided with a screen of translucent medium in combination with our invention;

Fig. 4 is a top view of the hood-part of our device constructed as shown in Figs. 2 and 3; V v

Fig. 5 is a sectional detail of the hoodpart of our invention, and illustrates the providing therein of the reflecting .surface y for reflecting the screened rays and throwing the same on the road surface in front of the vehicle;

Fig. 6 shows a modification which may be made in the construction of the hood-part of our invention; the same being here shown as made to conform substantially, with the shape of the housing of the head-lights instead of angular section;

Fig. 7 'shows a detail, in perspective, of the band by which the hood-part of our invention is supported on the rim of the headlight housing; and

Figs. 8, 9, and 10 show details of construction described in the body of our speciication.

Referring first to Fig.. 1: a. shows ,o ne of the spring-s of the automobile body; b is the fender aiiXed thereon, and c is the post supporting one of the head-lights d. 0n thev head-light is mounted a 'removable band e, a detail of which is shown in F ig: 7, the band being divided and provided with ears as f to receive a screw-bolt g on whlch 1sthreaded a winged-nut h. rlihe band 1s provided with lateral pivot pins i and 'Z'.

In order to avoid scratching thelsurface of the housing of the head-light we prefer to place under the bar c a strip of'soft material as rubber or felt j. 7c represents a section of the housing of the head-light. The pivot pnsz' and 4z" are threadedat then'- extremities for receiving a nut Z, and to avoid the latter threading od we prefer to provide Cotter-pin m as illustrated in Figs.

8 and 9. The pivot pins i and i are pro' in Fig. t5 by s, that is, curved to conform tothe housing d of the head-light, this type of hood also being provided with stops as s. 0n the interior of the hoods, o or s, may be provided a reflectin surface -as shown by t in Fig. 5, and by t in Figli. The reflecting surface 1S of Fig. 5 represents a piece inserted in the hood, while the reflecting surface t of F ig. 6 may consist of a polished surface provided on the interior of the curved hood s. These relectin surfaces t, t', serve to reflect a portion o the light substantially downward in order to take advantage of such additional light directly in front of the vehicle.

rllhe hood part of our invention is adjustn ed in its different positions, which are indi cated by F'igs. 2 and 3, by means of the de vices shown in Fig. l. @n the vehicle springs a are mounted bearings u in which is jour nalled a rock-shaft 'v provided' with adjustable crank-arms lw secured in place by set screw w. Each of the crank-arms w is' connected by a lrod with an arm y provided on the hood. The crank-shaft f1) also is provided with a crank-arm 2 connected by a rod 2 with a lever 3, pivoted in a bracket 4 which is understood to be fastened .to any convenient part of the vehicle adjacent the drivers seat. The lever 3 is connected by a rod 5 with a. hand-lever 6 working, over a notched quadrant 7, the?`l latter device being carried by the steering post 8 as shown in Fig. la.

lin order to prevent rattling of the crankshaft o, due to excessive lateral play, there is mounted on each of its ends a collar 9, and between the collar and the adjacent bearing u is mounted a coil-spring l0.

Describing now briey the operation of our device: By means of the hand-lever 6, and the devices connecting the 'same with the rock-shaft'fv, the latter. may be rocked back and forth so as to place the hood' 0, or its equivalent the hood s, in either of its pfositions, as illustrated by Figs. 2 and 3, thus so placing the hood as to entirely uncover the head-light, or to partially or wholly cover the upper part of the head-light, the l near-,73e

latter adjustments being illustrated by Fig. 3. f

ln case the position of the head-lights on the vehicle is such thatI even the rays of their lower portions will throw too much light into the eyes of the driver of the approach ing vehicle, then a sheet of translucent material, as 1l, of such size as to cover the lower part of the head-light glass l2 may be employed. rlhe piece 1l being placed on the inside of the glass 12 as shown in Fig. 3.

The illustrations and description above given are merely intended to show va practical mode of construction of our device. The particular details of construction above described are, however, variable to suit the ideas of the manufacturer, provided such variation retains the 'essential features of'our invention.

llhe stop' r is preferably extended all around the hood 0 thus forminga screen protecting the driver from any light rays which mi ht be thrown back into the driver-s eyes by t e reecting surface of the hood, between the rim of the hood andthe houslng 7c of the lamp.' See Figs. 2 and 3.

ln order to prevent any rattling of the flange-stop r against the band j we prefer to line the inner face of the dangestop 7" with a strip of rubber or felt or like mate,- rial, as shown by r2. Said lining Valso serves to exclude the' back lash of said light rays because of bearing more or less on the exterior of the hood.

We claim: f

l. The combination with a vehicle head light4 of la band removably clamped on said head light, a hood pivotally supported on said band and provided with a reflector adapted to be /arranged in advance of the head light when the hood is in operative position, and a stop formed integral with the hood to limit the operative movement thereof, said stop being in the form of a flange to provide a light screen between the hood and head light light of a band removably clamped on said head light, a hood pivotally supported on said band and provided with a reflector adapted to be arranged in advance of the head light when the hood is in operative position, a stop formed integral wlth the hood to limit the operative movement thereof, said stop being in the form of a ange to provide a light screen between the hood and head light against light rays toward the` rear of the head light, and a flexible strip secured to said stop and `bearing upon the head light to prevent rattllng of the parts.

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